upwind

Etymology 1

up- + wind

adj

1. exposed to the wind

adv

1. in the direction from which the wind is blowing

Etymology 2

From Middle English upwinden, equivalent to up- + wind (verb).

verb

1. (transitive, archaic) To wind upwards.
   The cries of all on board were drowned in wind, And wind in thunder drowned; With useless sails upwound. 1756, William Jay Smith, The Tempest
2. (transitive, archaic) To wind up (a mechanism).
   Tell me not of a huge machine, / Going like a clock upwound; / All measured out each space between, / Marked out each weary round. 1878, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Disturbing Element, Or, Chronicles of the Blue-Bell Society